David Mason, C'95:

No Recession for this Nashville Internet Business
By RANDY MCCLAIN
Published: 3.13.09; The Tennessean

"Serial entrepreneur David Mason is at it again. With venture capital funding from several sources, Mason and his partners have taken Web-based video production company, StudioNow, past $1 million a year in sales."

Lydia Fenet, C'99:

In World of High-Glamour, Low-Pay Jobs, the Recession Has Its Bright Spots

By LAURA M. HOLSON

Published: February 8, 2009; New York Times

The young women who work at New York’s auction houses have found that the economic downturn has suddenly put them on equal footing with friends in finance.